Tigers vs Nationals Picks and Prediction – 7/2/2025

The Detroit Tigers play the second game of a three-game series on the road Wednesday versus the Washington Nationals. Detroit is 53-32 following a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Tarik Skubal had 13 strikeouts across seven innings for the Tigers. Detroit has won five of the last seven and leads the American League Central by 11 ½ games over the Cleveland Guardians. Keep up to date with all the MLB action with our expert MLB picks.

Riley Greene is batting .296 with 19 home runs, 63 RBI, and 95 hits to lead Detroit in the four categories. Gleyber Torres is the leader in on-base percentage at .386. Detroit is batting .256 with a .428 slugging percentage. Detroit has not yet announced its starting pitcher for the second game of its three-game series on the road against the Washington Nationals.

The Washington Nationals are 35-49 following Sunday’s 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. CJ Abrams had a two-run triple, which capped off an 11th inning in which the Nationals scored three runs. Washington beat the Angels in two out of three, but the Nationals are last in the National League East, 14 ½ games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies.

CJ Abrams is batting .287 to lead Washington. James Wood has 22 home runs, 64 RBI, 89 hits, and an on-base percentage of .386 to lead Washington in the four categories. Washington is batting .244 with a .393 slugging percentage. On Wednesday, Washington will send MacKenzie Gore to the mound. The left-hander is 3-8 with a 3.09 ERA, 129 Ks, and 30 BBs.

Detroit has won five of the last seven, while Washington has lost 15 of its last 20, and the Nationals have lost eight of the last nine played at home. Washington starting pitcher Mackenzie Gore is coming off a strong outing in which the left-hander allowed one run on five hits across six innings, but before that gave up five runs on seven hits across 5.2 innings, and Washington lost both games. Final Score Prediction: Detroit Tigers win 5-2.